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At least 50 feared dead in collapsed gold mine in east Congo

At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday afternoon, a local mining NGO said, reports Reuters. The cave-in occurred on...

Nigerian doctors strike again over benefits amid coronavirus

Nigerian resident doctors began their second strike of the year...

Sudan signs peace deal with key rebel groups

Sudan’s power-sharing government signed a peace agreement with key rebel...

Locked out by Covid, refugees' lives on hold

When Michelle Alfaro left her office at the United Nations...

Militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages

Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two...

45 migrants die in shipwreck off Libya coast

At least 45 migrants and refugees, including five children, have...

Mali president resigns after detention by military, deepening crisis

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved...

11 prisoners shot dead in Papua New Guinea

Eleven prisoners were shot dead while 33 others remained absconding...

At least seven die after gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel

Militants stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday,...

South Africa eases lockdown as ‘outbreak reaches peak’

South Africa's president has said coronavirus infections appear to have...

South Africa crime rate plummets during coronavirus lockdown

Crime in South Africa dropped by up to 40 per...

Gunmen kill six French aid workers in Niger

Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien...

South Africa's coronavirus cases surpass half a million

South Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a...

South Africa's Covid-19 cases surpass half a million

South Africa’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 have crossed half a...

Kenya arrests two police after ‘shooting incident’, launches enquiry

Kenya’s national police service has arrested two police officers and...

Rwanda spends $60m in four months to contain COVID-19 outbreak

Rwanda has spent 60 million US dollars within four months...

Zambian economy hit by COVID-19

The emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought...

Africa’s CDC urges more Covid-19 tests, masks, as continent’s cases top 500,000

African countries urgently need to scale up coronavirus testing and...

Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port

An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu...

Explosion at Astron Energy’s South African refinery kills at least two

An explosion on Thursday at Astron Energy’s South African refinery...

Sudan, Egypt say Ethiopia will not fill Nile dam without reaching deal

Leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will...

Senegal president self-quarantines after contact with Covid-19 case

Senegalese President Macky Sall is quarantining for two weeks after...

Nine die of gastrointestinal disease outbreak in Zimbabwe, 1,000 infected

Nine people in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo died of...

Africa’s Covid-19 cases nearly 290,000 as death toll reach 7,693

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across the African continent...

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